In fact, they are completely separate. The Guaranteed Income Supplement rate is set in accordance with your income. For Quebeckers, if indexation has occurred, an increase in the Quebec Pension Plan, and there has been no increase in the Guaranteed Income Supplement because there has been no indexation, you see it. If you get $1 more here, you lose 50¢ there.
On October 6th, 2009. See this statement in context.